A 21-year-old city man will spend six years in prison after admitting Friday that he had a handgun on a downtown street in a January incident that led to the closing of Broadway Brew Biergarten.

Jallah E. McCall appeared before Judge Debra Young and pleaded guilty to a count of attempted second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He will be sentenced to six years in prison and five years' post release supervision.

His sentencing is pending.

Police said they received a 911 call at 3 a.m. on Jan. 13 from a woman who said she was at the bar at 254 Broadway and heard a man make threatening remarks about shooting people in the bar.

A birthday party was being held at the bar that night and authorities said it was packed with people. When police arrived, they found McCall walking east on Broadway toward Third Street.

McCall ran through an alley between Second and Third streets and tossed a gun onto the roof of a building, police said.

While police were investigating that incident, shots rang out on Second Street just around the corner from the pub.

Officers rushed to the area and questioned five people, Capt. John Cooney said. Officers found shell casings on the sidewalk in front of 14 Second St.

A handgun was found hidden inside the wheel well of a car parked nearby.

No arrests have been made regarding that incident.

After hearing of the McCall arrest, the bar's new landlord, Keenan Center LLC and Bonacio Construction Inc., moved to take legal action against the tenants who ran the bar.

The bar operators instead agreed to close the establishment on Jan. 31.